Question 1

The Cold War policy adopted in the mid-1950s by the Eisenhower administration was

Accepted Answer

A) containment. 
B) détente. 
C) MAD (mutually assured destruction). 
D) massive retaliation. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) containment. 
B) détente. 
C) MAD (mutually assured destruction). 
D) massive retaliation. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 2

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek transferred the Chinese Nationalist government from the mainland to

Accepted Answer

A) Shanghai. 
B) Hong Kong. 
C) Kuala Lumpur. 
D) Taiwan. 
E) Tokyo. 
A) Shanghai. 
B) Hong Kong. 
C) Kuala Lumpur. 
D) Taiwan. 
E) Tokyo.

Question 3

The American artist Jackson Pollock was most noted for

Accepted Answer

A) a return to extreme realism in his paintings. 
B) Postmodernist sculptures. 
C) Pop Art, which celebrated the whims of popular culture. 
D) Neo-Cubism. 
E) Abstract Expressionist paintings. 
A) a return to extreme realism in his paintings. 
B) Postmodernist sculptures. 
C) Pop Art, which celebrated the whims of popular culture. 
D) Neo-Cubism. 
E) Abstract Expressionist paintings.

Question 4

The horrors of two world wars, the Cold War, and attendant socio-cultural upheavals have also stimulated a late twentieth-century religious revival exemplified in the works of Karl Barth, who has argued

Accepted Answer

A) that the Bible is the literal word of God and that salvation and consolation comes from accepting that "truth." 
B) that the Bible, although not inherently true, still gives the best instruction for moral behavior. 
C) that the sinful and imperfect nature of humans means that they can know religious truth not through reason but only through the grace of God. 
D) that the mystery religions of Asia and the Middle East give humans a more transcendent sense of the divine and should come to replace Christian bigotry. 
E) that a diversity of religious beliefs, including such "New Age" practices as witchcraft, the worship of healing rock crystals, and devotion to Gaia the Earth Mother, is a healthy sign of a new spiritualism in Western civilization. 
A) that the Bible is the literal word of God and that salvation and consolation comes from accepting that "truth." 
B) that the Bible, although not inherently true, still gives the best instruction for moral behavior. 
C) that the sinful and imperfect nature of humans means that they can know religious truth not through reason but only through the grace of God. 
D) that the mystery religions of Asia and the Middle East give humans a more transcendent sense of the divine and should come to replace Christian bigotry. 
E) that a diversity of religious beliefs, including such "New Age" practices as witchcraft, the worship of healing rock crystals, and devotion to Gaia the Earth Mother, is a healthy sign of a new spiritualism in Western civilization.

Question 5

The Middle Eastern political leader who promoted Pan-Arabism and who advocated a sharing of Middle Eastern oil wealth equally among the Arab states was

Accepted Answer

A) Yasir Arafat. 
B) King Farouk. 
C) Anwar al-Sadat. 
D) the Shah of Iran. 
E) Gamal Abdul Nasser. 
A) Yasir Arafat. 
B) King Farouk. 
C) Anwar al-Sadat. 
D) the Shah of Iran. 
E) Gamal Abdul Nasser.

Question 6

By 1950 Western Europe saw the political comeback of

Accepted Answer

A) Communist parties. 
B) socialist parties. 
C) monarchists. 
D) moderate political parties. 
E) Fascists. 
A) Communist parties. 
B) socialist parties. 
C) monarchists. 
D) moderate political parties. 
E) Fascists.

Question 7

The Truman Doctrine did all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) condemn the victory of the Communists in the Chinese civil war. 
B) call for $400 million in aid for nations threatened by aggression. 
C) assist in the defense of Greece and Turkey. 
D) express America's fear of Communist expansion in Europe. 
E) announce the United States' intention to support "free peoples" throughout the world. 
A) condemn the victory of the Communists in the Chinese civil war. 
B) call for $400 million in aid for nations threatened by aggression. 
C) assist in the defense of Greece and Turkey. 
D) express America's fear of Communist expansion in Europe. 
E) announce the United States' intention to support "free peoples" throughout the world.

Question 8

In 1956 in Poland, Wladyslaw Gomulka

Accepted Answer

A) worked with the Soviets to crush a nascent independence movement. 
B) declared his nation's right to follow its own socialist path. 
C) tried to assassinate Nikita Khrushchev. 
D) started an underground newspaper dedicated to fascism. 
E) ordered the construction of a wall separating Poland from the Soviet Union. 
A) worked with the Soviets to crush a nascent independence movement. 
B) declared his nation's right to follow its own socialist path. 
C) tried to assassinate Nikita Khrushchev. 
D) started an underground newspaper dedicated to fascism. 
E) ordered the construction of a wall separating Poland from the Soviet Union.

Question 9

The policy created in 1947 and used by the Americans against Communism was called

Accepted Answer

A) massive retaliation. 
B) containment. 
C) appeasement. 
D) curtailment. 
E) mutually assured destruction (MA
D) . 
A) massive retaliation. 
B) containment. 
C) appeasement. 
D) curtailment. 
E) mutually assured destruction (MA
D) .

Question 10

A key factor contributing to the development of the Cold War in Eastern Europe was

Accepted Answer

A) the withdrawal of victorious Russian armies from lands conquered during the campaign against Nazism. 
B) raids by American troops pursuing German Nazi war criminals into areas of the former Third Reich under Russian control. 
C) Stalin's desire to establish pro-Soviet governments in the countries of Eastern Europe to serve as a buffer zone against possible western attacks on the Soviet Union. 
D) the domination of Austrian and Italian politics by popular pro-Communist parties. 
E) the threat to continued instability by the rise of neo-fascist parties. 
A) the withdrawal of victorious Russian armies from lands conquered during the campaign against Nazism. 
B) raids by American troops pursuing German Nazi war criminals into areas of the former Third Reich under Russian control. 
C) Stalin's desire to establish pro-Soviet governments in the countries of Eastern Europe to serve as a buffer zone against possible western attacks on the Soviet Union. 
D) the domination of Austrian and Italian politics by popular pro-Communist parties. 
E) the threat to continued instability by the rise of neo-fascist parties.

The Cold War policy adopted in the mid-1950s by the Eisenhower administration was

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek transferred the Chinese Nationalist government from the mainland to

The American artist Jackson Pollock was most noted for

The horrors of two world wars, the Cold War, and attendant socio-cultural upheavals have also stimulated a late twentieth-century religious revival exemplified in the works of Karl Barth, who has argued

The Middle Eastern political leader who promoted Pan-Arabism and who advocated a sharing of Middle Eastern oil wealth equally among the Arab states was

By 1950 Western Europe saw the political comeback of

The Truman Doctrine did all of the following EXCEPT

In 1956 in Poland, Wladyslaw Gomulka

The policy created in 1947 and used by the Americans against Communism was called

A key factor contributing to the development of the Cold War in Eastern Europe was

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Exam 28: Cold War and a New Western World 1945-1965

The Cold War policy adopted in the mid-1950s by the Eisenhower administration was

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek transferred the Chinese Nationalist government from the mainland to

The American artist Jackson Pollock was most noted for

The horrors of two world wars, the Cold War, and attendant socio-cultural upheavals have also stimulated a late twentieth-century religious revival exemplified in the works of Karl Barth, who has argued

The Middle Eastern political leader who promoted Pan-Arabism and who advocated a sharing of Middle Eastern oil wealth equally among the Arab states was

By 1950 Western Europe saw the political comeback of

The Truman Doctrine did all of the following EXCEPT

In 1956 in Poland, Wladyslaw Gomulka

The policy created in 1947 and used by the Americans against Communism was called

A key factor contributing to the development of the Cold War in Eastern Europe was

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

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